Dutch DPA imposes fine for delayed report of a data breach
Dutch DPA imposes fine on international travel agency booking.com, for their delayed action in reporting a significant data breach. Netherlands based international travel agency, …
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Facebook data leak affects over half a billion users worldwide
Facebook data leak results in the personal information of over half a billion users being made available publicly and free of charge. Facebook has …
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Digital Green Certificates: the EDPB and EDPS release a joint opinion
Digital Green Certificates have been a topic of debate lately, and the EDPB & EDPS have released a joint opinion on this, regarding data protection …
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German Facebook case forwarded to ECJ with questions pending
Facebook case forwarded to ECJ after Facebook appealed German competition authority’s order to halt data collection practices. In recent times, Facebook has come under …
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Spanish court rules against mandatory geolocation from employees’ personal mobile phones
Spanish court rules against obliging delivery drivers to provide geolocation from their personal mobile phones and personal internet connection. The Social Chamber of the …
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EDPB published VVA guidelines in the context of the GDPR
The EDPB published VVA guidelines giving context to the use of Virtual Voice Assistants in compliance with the GDPR. Recently, the EDPB published its …
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French court ruling provides greater context to the application of “Schrems II” under the GDPR
French court ruling provides further guidance as to the application of “Schrems II”, as data hosted by subsidiary of US company is found to be …
Social Media platforms and inherent privacy concerns
Is Social Media a safe space? Social Media (SM) is here to stay, with increasing importance in our day to day lives; 45% of …
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Children’s Code transitionary period ends in less than 6 months
The children’s code transitionary period, which saw its inception on 2nd September 2020, ends in less than 6 months. All online services are expected to …
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Two companies fined by the ICO, for sending millions of nuisance text messages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ICO has issued fines to two companies for over 2.7 million spam messages sent out during the pandemic. Between May and July, 2020, …
